>4) "became a living soul" ignores the preposition le, "became for a living soul."
I'm joining this argument in the middle, but let me point out that the
preposition "L" here should not be translated "for." Rather, the
preposition is a consequence of Hebrew grammar. In a language such as
English, in which the grammar does not require a preposition, the word
is best left untranslated.
It is a common mistake to translate grammatical elements into semantic
ones, or vice versa.
With wishes for a healthy and happy 5766,
-Joel Hoffman
http://www.exc.com/JoelHoffman